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Investigating the role of the ghrelin axis in cognitive decline and dementia
2021-01-01
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Ghrelin is a 28-amino acid hormone that is generated in a wide number of tissues. Its active form, acyl-ghrelin is able to bind to its receptor GHS-R and exert a variety of functions. In the brain, acyl-ghrelin has been associated with neuroprotection, improved memory and adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN). However, the mechanisms controlling acyl-ghrelin-mediated AHN are still unknown. To elucidate this process...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1cfe8226-b840-5203-aa30-dee5c4fd3b84
- DOI
- 10.23889/suthesis.57625
